University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2010 Mar;36(3):339-53. doi: 10.1177/0146167209359700.
The authors posit that the attribution of desirable interpersonal qualities to physically attractive targets is a projection of interpersonal goals; people desire to form and maintain close social bonds with attractive targets and then project these motivations onto those targets. Three studies support this model. Tendencies to see attractive novel targets depicted in photographs (Study 1), attractive romantic partners (Study 2), and attractive friends (Study 3) as especially interpersonally receptive and responsive were explained by perceivers' heightened desires to bond with attractive individuals. Additional findings regarding response latencies (Study 1) also supported this model. Many instances of the "beautiful is good" effect may not reflect stereotyping as it is typically construed. Rather, they may reflect projection of heightened desires to bond with beautiful people.
作者提出，将理想的人际品质归因于有吸引力的目标是一种人际目标的投射；人们渴望与有吸引力的目标建立和维持亲密的社会关系，然后将这些动机投射到这些目标上。三项研究支持了这一模式。人们倾向于将照片中的有吸引力的新目标（研究 1）、有吸引力的浪漫伴侣（研究 2）和有吸引力的朋友（研究 3）视为特别具有人际接受性和反应性，这可以用他们与有吸引力的个体建立联系的强烈愿望来解释。关于反应时（研究 1）的其他发现也支持了这一模式。许多“美丽就是美好”效应的例子可能并不反映传统意义上的刻板印象。相反，它们可能反映了与美丽的人建立联系的强烈愿望的投射。
